Our Annual Selection of the Top Ten Bouldering, Sport, Trad, Alpine Climbing Videos
Michaela Kiersch & The Golden Ticket
- Shorter than the average climber, Michaela defies expectations and fights hard to get first female ascent of The Golden Ticket (5.14c/8c+) at Red River Gorge, Kentucky, USA
- Film and Camera: Andy Wickstrom & Just Go Climb (Gabi Fox, & Brandon Fox)
- Aerial Footage: Wilkinson Visual
- 16:01m
Of Choss and Lions
- A climbing adventure in Kenya with Alex Honnold & Cedar Wright
- Direction, Editing & Writing: Cedar Wright & Taylor Keating
- 14:28m
Annapurna III – Unclimbed
- The highly skilled team of David Lama, Hansjörg Auer & Alex Blümel endeavour up the south-east ridge of Annapurna III (7,555m)
- Producers: David Lama, Florian Klingler, Robert Trenkwalder
- Director: Jochen Schmoll
- Camera: Menk Rufibach, Martin Hanslmayr
- Edit/Colouring: Christoph Gripentrog
- Sound: Jankowski Soundfabrik
- 12:22m
Jason Kehl In Hueco Land
- Year after year, CryptoChild continues to find more striking lines in the Hueco Mountains of Texas.
- Film & Edit: Nathaniel Davison
- 11:13m
Ryuichi Murai Destroys Magic Wood's Hardest Boulders
- Despite it being a short and wet trip, Ryuichi Murai manages to make short work of some of Switzerland’s hardest boulders.
- Producer: Mikkel Lima
- 6:00m
Pamela Shanti Pack: "The Kill Artist"
- The queen of offwidth sends a particularly frightening first ascent in Utah, USA
- Director: Dustin Moore
- Narrator: Derek Cheng
- Cinematography & Story: Dustin Moore, Liz Kim, & Derek Cheng
- 12:29m
Cracking Cobra
- Mason Earle adds his name to the short list of climbers who have bested the Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c)
- Produced By: Eliza Earle & Mason Earle
- 8:25m
Nina Caprez: To Bolt Or Not To Be
- Nina takes on Smith Rock’s masterpiece of technical climbing.
To Bolt Or Not To Be is an iconic 5.14a/8b+ sport climb known for its perfect vertical wall, small crimps, and the relentless focus that is required to climb it. - Editing & Music: Mathieu Rivoire
- Videography: Julien Nadiras
- 9:00m
Piolet d'or 2017 "Tibet"
- A short documentary celebrating Paul Ramsden and Nick Bullocks award winning climb of Nyanchen Tanglha (7,046m)
- Director: Bertrand Delapierre
- 19:09m
Free
- Big Wall Climbing in Yosemite with Jorg Verhoeven and Katha Saurwein
- Producer: Louder Than Eleven
- 16:28m
Special Mentions
Walls Are Meant For Climbing: Alex Honnold
- "The ridiculously understated story about soloing El Capitan”
- Producer: The North Face
- Animator: Drew Christie
- 3:00m
Marcel "Au Sommet De Son Art
- 94 years old Marcel Remy once again ventures up the legendary Miroir de l'Argentine; he has climbed this 450m tall wall over 200 times.
- Director: Nicolas Falquet
- Producers: Christian Gisi & Christoph Schaub
- Edit: Jonathan Gallaud & Nicolas Falquet
- 6:20m
Within Reach
- Producer: Talweg Creative & REI
- 11:53m
MAD in Madagascar
- Siebe Vanhee & Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll climb ground-up on an unclimbed line of the Tsaranoro Atsimo granite massif.
- Edit: Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll
- Camera: Sean & Siebe Vanhee
- 10:51m
Toru Nakajima - Beyond
- Toru has a most amazing attitude for his lofty goal to climb Lucid Dreaming V15/8c
- Producer: Hashimoto Ima
- 9:28m
To watch more top notch climbing videos from 2017 check out: The Best of 2017